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Seeing and Exploring the Universe Resource Guide DLESE Reviewed Collection
This guide provides an overview of 16 NASA missions studying the structure and evolution of the Universe. A description of the science and educational programs for each mission is provided, along with a list of other relevant resources and websites. The following missions are described in the guide: Advanced Composition Explorer(ACE), Astro-E2, Chandra, Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS), Constellation X-ray Mission (CON-X), Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Gravity Probe-B (GP-B), High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2), International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL), Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP), Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS), Swift, and X-ray Multi-Mirror-Newton Mission (XMM-Newton).
Intended for grade levels:
  • Primary (K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
    • Book
Subject:
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
Cost information is not known
Copyright and other restrictions information is unknown.
DLESE Catalog ID: NASA-ESERevSProd120
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics